50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________

or performing minor repairs. Load and unload trucks
or help others with loading and unloading, operat-
ing any special loading-related equipment on vehicles
and using other equipment as necessary.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 16. Tra nsportation,
Distribution, and Logistics. Work Group: 16.03.
Truck Driving. Other Jobs in! is Work Group:
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services.

Skills: Equipment Maintenance; Repairing; Oper-
ation Monitoring; Troubleshooting; Operation and
Control.

Education and Training Program: Tr uc k a nd Bu s
Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operation. Related
Knowledge/Courses: Transportation; Geography;
Public Safety and Security; Law and Government;
Mechanical Devices.

Work Env ironment : Outdoors; very hot or cold;
contaminants; sitting; using hands on objects, tools,
or controls; repetitive motions.

Water and Liquid Waste Treatment

Plant and System Operators

! Personality Code: RC

! Education/Training Required: Long-term
on-the-job training
! Annual Earnings: $37,090

! Beginning Wage: $22,570

! Earnings Growth Potential: Medium

! Growth: 13.8%

! Annual Job Openings: 9,575

! Self-Employed: 1.3%

! Part-Time: 3.4%

Operate or control an entire process or system

of machines, often through the use of control

boards, to transfer or treat water or liquid waste.

Add chemicals such as ammonia, chlorine, or lime

to disinfect and deodorize water and other liquids.

Operate and adjust controls on equipment to purify

and clarify water, process or dispose of sewage, and

generate power. Inspect equipment or monitor oper-

ating conditions, meters, and gauges to determine

load requirements and detect malfunctions. Collect

and test water and sewage samples, using test equip-

ment and color analysis standards. Record operational

data, personnel attendance, or meter and gauge read-

ings on specifi ed forms. Maintain, repair, and lubri-

cate equipment, using hand tools and power tools.

Clean and maintain tanks and fi lter beds, using hand

tools and power tools. Direct and coordinate plant

workers engaged in routine operations and mainte-

nance activities.

GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 13. Manufacturing.

Work Group: 13.16. Utility Operation and Energy

Distribution. Other Jobs in! is Work Group:

Chemical Plant and System Operators; Gas Com-

pressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators; Gas

Plant Operators; Nuclear Power Reactor Operators;

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refi nery Oper-

ators, and Gaugers; Power Distributors and Dis-

patchers; Power Plant Operators; Ship Engineers;

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators.

Skills: Operation Monitoring; Operation and Con-

trol; Installation; Troubleshooting; Operations Anal-

ysis; Management of Material Resources; Equipment

Maintenance; Science.

Education and Training Program: Water Qua l-

ity and Wastewater Treatment Management and

Recycling Technology/Technician. Related Knowl-

edge/Courses: Biology; Chemistry; Physics; Public

Safety and Security; Mechanical Devices; Law and

Government.

Work Env ironment : More often outdoors than

indoors; noisy; very hot or cold; contaminants; minor

burns, cuts, bites, or stings.